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Report: Bing Accounts For 29% Of Searches In US In August


Report: Bing Accounts For 29% Of Searches In US In August

According to the latest statistics released by Experian Hitwise, Bing’s market share in on the raise in the US. According to the statistics for August, Bing accounts for 29% of the searches in the US while Google is still holding a commanding lead at 65%, Bing’s market share of 29% represents a 3% increase from…

 Google   Microsoft   News   Web  

By Ricky
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Windows 8 To Support Direct Mounting Of ISO And VHD Files


In the upcoming successor to Windows 7 – Windows 8 – users will no longer need to install third party applications to access ISO and VHD files. In a blog post, Rajeev Nagar, group program manager on Microsoft’s Storage & File Systems team announced that Windows 8 will natively support mounting of ISO and VHD files. Steven…

 Microsoft   News   Windows  

By Ricky

Skype Now Supports The Open Source VP8 Video Codec


In a blog post, John Luther, the Project Manager of Google’s WebM Project, has announced that Skype now supports the VP8 codec. The VP8 support is already available for Windows users who are using Skype 5.5. VP8 will be used to encode and decode the Skype video call if both the caller and receiver have…

 Microsoft   News  

By Ricky

Bing Gets Metro UI Like HTML5 Live Tiles & Ads In Organic Results


Metro UI style LIVE Tiles on Bing Search home page

Microsoft is testing Metro UI like Live information Tiles (built using HTML 5) on Bing’s homepage and Text Ads In between organic search results in Bing’s search results pages.

 Microsoft   News   Web  

By Debjit
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Microsoft Launches Windows Azure Toolkit For Developing Social Games


Windows Azure Toolkit for Social Gaming

In order to make the Azure Platform more attractive for developers, Microsoft has announced the launch of it’s Windows Azure Toolkit for developing Social Games. The social gaming scenario is hot right now with games such as Angry Birds and the Heist selling like hot cakes in various app stores, Microsoft is taking advantage of this fact for good.

 Gaming   Microsoft   Web  

By Debjit

Microsoft Makes A Video For Linux’s 20th Birthday


Microsoft Makes A Video For Linux’s 20th Birthday

This is a very unexpected but Microsoft has submitted a video to the Linux Foundation in celebration of the 20th birthday of Linux.

 Linux   Microsoft   Video  

By Ricky

“Avatar Movie” Like Graphics Coming Soon To XBOX


A still form the Movie - Avatar

If the claims of computer processor and graphics unit manufacturer AMD are to be believed, then the next version of XBOX 360 – “The XBOX 720” will be one of the most powerful gaming consoles ever and will be able to provide users with the same level of graphical detail as you may have seen…

 Gadgetizor   Gaming   Microsoft  

By Debjit

Microsoft Accused Of Stealing Kinect From Colombian Inventor


Microsoft Accused Of Stealing Kinect From Colombian Inventor

Allegations are surfacing that Microsoft the technology behind Kinect from Colombian inventor Carlos Anzola. Anzola is said to have developed a similar technology, which he called the Human interface Electronic Decive (HiE-D), in 2007.

 Microsoft   News  

By Ricky

Microsoft Launching Its Own Social Network SOCL.com Codenamed “Tulalip”


"Tulalip" - Microsoft's Own Social Networking Product SOCL.com

Microsoft is planning to launch its very own social networking website called SOCL.com. This project is currently called “Tulalip” internally within Microsoft.

 Microsoft   News  

By Debjit

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